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No bucks for Starbucks. Support striking workers. Do not buy anything from ANY Starbucks location, and NEVER cross a picket line. #NoContractNoCoffee

Take a game designer with creativity abound and you get a radio drama for #Anno117 - how cool is that?! Check it out! #GameDev #Creativity

🧵Thread of cafes, restaurants, bars, bagel joints, etc offering free meals to SNAP recipients, for those who might need it, & so those who don't can give 'em their business. If you know of such offers in your area & don't see them here, please tell us in @'s. Here's one! toastedseattle.com

Hear, Hear #GameDev and #Indies in particular, check out www.indiekernel.com for a ton of resources to guide your #GameDevelopment journey. Some are free, some paid and there is a 45% discount through 11/19/2025 (00:00 ET) with the code LAUNCH45. #IndieGames

I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.

I just called Senator Mark Warner and urged him to vote no. I called Senator Tim Kaine but his office is closed on Sunday and they don't take messages. America!

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And we're ON! 12h stream for @extralife4kids.bsky.social with www.twitch.tv/cloudyeller supporting the @unm.edu 's Children Hospital. Come say hi 💕#GameDev #ExtraLife

It's #ExtraLife and @Cloudyeller is streaming 12 hours for @extralife4kids.bsky.social ! Join him at: www.twitch.tv/cloudyeller from 5am-5pm Pacific -- chill vibes, chill games, and co-op throughout! Can we raise $999? #Gaming4Good tinyurl.com/mpkv7487

BREAKING: Cornell caved. Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...

Signal boost! @extralife4kids.bsky.social Nothing better than #Gaming4Good, come join us for a chat, music and games 💕 #ExtraLife

"I study fascism. I’ve already fled America." On this week’s “More To The Story,” former Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains his recent move to Canada and calls the Trump administration’s takeover of the US government a “coup.”

Powerful, thank you @ellabaron.bsky.social 🕯️

BTW, If you're experienced in animation, marketing, video editing, and all that good stuff, depending on budget, I'm interested in paying bird-loving freelancers. ;)

The world seems like we are going backwards at the moment, so it is important to take the time to spread awareness of advances. Scientists have developed an enzyme that converts organs into universal 'O' type. This is huge. www.popularmechanics.com/science/heal...

This is so bleak. Xania Monet is not a real person. This is an entirely ai generated artist with AI generated music that has millions of monthly listeners and music getting actual radio play and millions of listens. It's digital blackface.

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Tell me you don't know about human nature without telling me .. The official game forums I managed had this option, I disabled it immediately, that was more than 5 years ago and humans have not gotten better since then. Glad to be on #Blacksky blacksky.community/profile/did:...

The joke is on Microsoft, I never post on LinkedIn

If you're a member of Amazon's video game division and would like to talk (confidentially or otherwise) about the company's latest cuts and AI push, please feel free to reach out. DMs open. Email in bio. Signal QR code pinned.

A reminder that you can donate to Wikipedia to keep human-sourced knowledge accessible.

Every state with a Democratic AG or governor is suing Trump over the SNAP pause starting on November 1. It’s a really good reminder of the importance of democratic attorneys general and governors. I don’t think it’s been as clear before this year of the importance of the AG office.

"The NOAA aircraft left the storm early after experiencing severe turbulence in the southwestern eyewall." These men and women are not being paid due to the US government shutdown. Not to mention that according to AOML's director emeritus Robert Atlas, they are down 40-50% staff. #Melissa

Heather Cox Richardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Glad to have made the switch to #blacksky.

Workers in creative industries are at risk: their work, their voice and their likeness could be stolen by generative AI. 80% of Americans want guardrails for AI. Workers need an AI future that respects their rights, and doesn’t put their careers at risk. https://cnb.cx/3JnBOY3

This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇 Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it. Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book

This is a utterly horrifying story. A medical student in Germany that was part of 764 manipulated and coerced a 13 year old trans boy into taking his own life live on instagram and it took years to bring an arrest. archive.ph/079R6

If you haven't already completed this year's survey, please consider doing so soon (especially if you are a journalist or elected/appointed government official (or staff thereof) with whom I've engaged on weather, climate, wildfire, or etc.). Thanks again! ucanr.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Cartoon from 2020 with Trump quotes

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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

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Slowly settling in in #blacksky, have made a dent in who I need to re-follow due to being unable to do a proper migration. Glad to be here. Useful guide for those interested, docs.blacksky.community/migrating-to.... Pay attention to the various handles rules.